Social Media Week

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Social Media Week (SMW)

Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas, innovations and insights into how social media and technology are changing business, society and culture around the world.

Announcing Social Media Week’s “2016 Startups to Watch” List

We’re excited to announce the 2016 recipients for our “Startups to Watch” list! The 10 companies will join us in New York for Social Media Week to celebrate their work, and present the roadmaps for how they’ll continue to change the world.

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Each year, we join forces with a local, New York organization to curate our “Startups to Watch” list in conjunction with February’s annual Social Media Week New York event. This year, we’re proud to partner with Digital.NYC, an online hub for New York’s technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Our “Startups to Watch” (StW) list represents early-stage companies and ideas around the globe, and manifests in New York with a special in-person showcase. The goal of StW is to identify and celebrate exceptional, entrepreneurial talent within early stage innovation.

We hope you’ll register your pass to join us in New York for the 2016 Startups to Watch showcase, which takes place Thursday, February 25th at 4:00pm at the SVA Theatre. Toby Daniels (Founder & Executive Director, Social Media Week) and Tim Devane (Principal, NextView Ventures) will moderate and host the event.

Gimlet Media is a digital media company and podcast network, focused on producing high quality narrative podcasts, founded by Alex Blumberg and Matthew Lieber, who serve as the company’s CEO and president respectively.

GoButler is a free, messaging-based, on-demand service that operates as a digital personal assistant, using Human Assisted Artificial Intelligence (HAAI) to fulfill requests 24/7, 365 days a year. We take the time and inconvenience out of everyday tasks, fulfilling on-demand requests, from flower delivery and travel bookings to restaurant reservations and more — all at your fingertips.

Newsela provides daily news articles from top national and regional newspapers, all written at five reading levels. Initially targeting grade 3-12 classrooms, Newsela automatically gives each reader the level of an article that’s just right for his or her reading ability, while empowering them to change levels with a single click.

x.ai (Amy) is a personal assistant who schedules meetings for you, entirely using artificial intelligence.

Congratulations to the 10 recipients, special thanks to Digital.NYC for collaborating on the list, and thank you in advance to everyone who joins us in New York to celebrate the individuals behind these incredible organizations and companies on the rise in 2016!

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Social Media Week is a leading news platform and worldwide conference that curates and shares the best ideas, innovations and insights into how social media and technology are changing business, society and culture around the world.

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